a giant step forward. brian stole speaks for the first time since that brutal beating. we'll tell you his first words. >> plus, a monumental nurses strike. noises of nurses at two dozen bay area hospitals walk off the job. will the picket lines keep you out if you need medical care? >> also, crime scene tape and flashing lights in an east bay neighborhood. a suspected killer shot during a s.w.a.t. team standoff. good morning and thank you for being with us at 11:00. i'm marla tellez.

>> i'm jon kelley. nurses at two dozen area hospitals unified and walking off the job. >> part of a stewide strike that some say is the largest he ever. one of those is ultimate ta bates oakland where chrissy smith joins us live now with the latest. good morning, christie. >> good morning to you. we're four hours into it and the nurses are still going strong, walking the picket line at summit hospital in oakland. 34 hospitals involved, many in the east bay. we're waiting for nurses from characterize about to march over here. all this going on in a hospital spokesperson says patient care is happening is as usual. >> pickett signs came out before dawn and by 7:00 sharp -- >> what do we want? >> contracts. >> thousands of nurses went on a one-day strike. leslie has worked at summit in oakland for 24 years. >> we're forced to strike to

stand up because other than that, they just don't get the message. >> but nurses in the sutter health system don't want deep concessions they say are part of contract negotiations. >> they want to make nurses pay thousands of dollars more a year in out of pocket costs for their own health costs, reduce maternity leave. >> nurses at children's hospital oakland and kaiser are on strike too at summit, 500 temporary workers will fill in. >> we are fully staffed in terms of we brought in a lot of excellent well skilled and experienced nurses to staff the beds. the doctors are here. we're ready to do business as usual here. >> they say nurses are well compensated but need to think affordability as this one-day strike may turn into five because that's how long the replacement workers' contract is. >> i think that that's awful because we told them it's a one-day strike. >> every now and then gets kind of loud out here.

a spokesperson for the hospital said some elective surgeries were put off until another day. for these summit workers, they hoped to be back tomorrow morning at 7:00, but it looks like rather than that, they'll be welcomed back next tuesday morning at 7:00. that's when the temporary workers' contract expires. also wanted to mention more negotiations are set for next week, as well. jon and marla, back to you. >> thank you very much. well, this morning a major breakthrough we're happy to report for giants fan bryan stow. after months of recovery and rehabilitation, stow now speaking for the very first time. the family says speech therapists asked stow his first and last name and birthday. he answered them using a speech valve and also said his children's famous, tyler and tabitha and then said, i would like to see them. stow's family says his voice is very gravelly and you have to be very close to him to actually hear him but they say they are blown away by his progress. great update there.

also today, police combing through evidence at a home in east bay after officers shot a suspected killer overnight. you're looking live at house right now on central avenue in san leandro where officers shot the man. police say he killed his ex-girlfriend at a richmond restaurant and holed up inside this house for more than 16 hours. damian trujillo was the first one at the scene and brings us all the details. >> this is the man police say entered the restaurant on tuesday night and killed his ex-girlfriend who worked there, jensy romero. rafael zarate allegedly barricaded himself in a home for more than 15 hours. when he finally came out of the home, the gunfire began. police say he did not fire his rifle. neighbors say they were more intrigued than afraid during the standoff. >> there was nos fear at all. it was more like a watching

game. like what could happen. it was like almost like cops live. >> investigators noted the importance of tipsters in homicide cases, people who pick up the phone and call with information about a suspect. >> this is very important. we are very concerned about his level, the level of violence that he's shown, the level of violence we saw in the homicide. we're very concerned about getting him into custody. we did everything that we could do mitigate the situation. >> police say zarate has a long criminal history who now lies in a hospital bed in stable condition. right now, a judge is finally setting a trial date for victims of the san bruno pipeline explosion. that hearing started just over an hour ago. a judge will decide when lawsuits against pg&e will go to court. now, he's also going to decide if he'll group the lawsuits together and allow mediation behind closed doors.

more than 300 people are suing pg&e after last year's explosion which killed eight people and leveled 38 homes. the victims want to hold pg&e liable for the blast. they also want the utility to pay damages. meantime, pg&e is trying to figure out how a construction crew wound up slicing into a ten-inch gas pipeline in san francisco. a fountain of gas shot up near post and mason yesterday afternoon right near union square. fire department evacuated two buildings as pg&e worked on the line. pg&e says the street had not been marked to tell crews where the gas line was located. the public utilities commission thinks the markings were there but may have been incorrect. this morning officers on the lookout for a san jose man who they say helped a crime spree suspect hide from police. juan delaserte is wanted for helping to hide juan castilla suspected of killing 60-year-old

host cindy nguyen after he shot a man at a gas station. police have diana figueroa in custody accused of helping out casty yee. he appeared in court yesterday for the first time yesterday shaking uncontrollably as the judge read the charges which include murder and attempted murder. his public defender describes him as distraught. >> he feels terrible. he is cryinging uncontrollably. you saw that will today again in the courtroom. he's on a suicide watch and he's housed in the psychiatric unit of a jail. >> a man claiming to be castillo's father called nbc bay area with this statement for the nguyen family. we are so deeply sorry for your loss and pray with you for the strength to get through this time. the convicted mass mer mind of a high profile murder for hire plot in the south bay is expected to learn his fate today. paul garcia faces life in prison for hiring a hit man to kill

mark aquilla, the former owner of mountain charlie's. he bought the bar seven months before aquilli was shot to death in 2008. prosecutors say garcia was obsessed with a bar tender who was dating aquille at the time. also this afternoon, the san francisco fire department will honor two firefighters killed in the line of duty. the names of lieutenant vincent perez and firefighter paramedic anthony vallerio will be added to the department's memorial wall. they were killed while battling a fire in the diamond heights neighborhood back in june. they were the first san francisco firefighters killed in the line of duty in almost a decade. >> here's the deal. admit your mistakes or you got to pay up. police will fine people who accidentally dial 911 if they don't make the effort to explain themselves. in vallejo starting october 1st, trying to pretend a 911 call never happened will cost up to 200 bucks in fines. now, there will be a 30-day

grace period when warning letters will be sent out instead of bills. police say they're just trying to teach people a little lesson. they say thousands of people accidentally call police each and every year and hang up or ignore dispatchers when they try to call back to see what happened. >> getting some relief from the heat. it's quite pleasant outside in the south bay right now. are we turned on? hch check one, two. >> the weather is turning you on. >> it's hot. but not as hot as yesterday which is even better. it's comfortable out there. no matter where you are going this afternoon, yeah, you're probably going to need to use your ac a little bit inland. you can probably give it a break overnight. significantly cooler weather right now than 24 thundershowers ago. take a look at all the cloud cover hugging the northern california coast. for us, that's cooling us down. you're running about 13 degrees cooler in some cities than we were this time yesterday. tomorrow is the first day of

fall. fall like weather over the course of the weekend. drizzle possible and your temperature right now maxing out in the 90s in the warmest cities across the bay. they'll be maxing out in the 70s as we head through the weekend. the second half in particular. we're going to talk about that coming up. might even see a little bit of rain in the forecast as well for the first weekend of fall. it's hard to believe but it's in the forecast. >> it's hard to believe it's the last day of summer. >> where did it go? >> thank you, christina time now 11:10. the dow continues its downward drop today. a live report from cnbc world headquarters just ahead. >> even more changes for facebook. brace yourself. but will you like them?a look at facebook's big conference in san francisco. we'll tell you what mark zuckerberg has 0 say for himself just ahead. >> bob redel. can i interest you in a mummified falcon or one of the world's longest anaconda skins? leverything must go. cut rate prices coming up, we'r

days of the dreaming room. welcome back, everybody. a live look at the big board, the new york stock exchange. you can see it's down 453 points right now. we'll have a live report on the dow's downward spiral just ahead. jon? >> on the heels of its new layout, facebook introducing more changes at its conference in san francisco. ceo mark zuckerberg gave his keynote speech about one hour ago introduced by andy sand berg hog famously parodied the ceo on "snl." >> who's andy? i'm mark zuckerberg, rock hard abs. >> no, i'm mark zuckerberg. you're andy sand berg from snl. >> yeah, i don't think so. hoodie, sandals, it's classic zhuk dog. slide? >> we're going to refer to him by that now if he ever. zhuk dog.

>> scott budman live at the conference now with the latest. take it away. >> thank you very much, jon. we've been calling him that for a while. it is interesting you mention the slide of the stock market. sure the american economy is struggling but 800 million people can't be wrong. there is huge business being done on facebook. as you've seen over the last couple of days, it is just getting more and more featury. there's more and more to do, and we've seen new features rolled out. about 2,000 people behind me listening to mark zuckerberg talk about what 800 million people will see the next time they log on. first off, timeline, a way to integrate your aps, not to mention your comments and photos into a chronological page for you. think of it as watching your life scroll in front of you only you don't have to be dying. another big feature just rolled out. this is a poorly kept secret here. facebook is getting into the

music biz, announcing a hookup with spotify, very popular way of sharing music socially online. it makes sense of this marriage because now facebook is giving its 800 million users a chance to share and buy music online. it will be an interesting way to see if this catches on as much or even more as the itunes model. you'll be able to like a song, your friends will be able to see what you're listening to and both of you can buy it and enrich the artist if you want. lots going on. you showed a little bit of the sand berg skit. a lot of humor being infused but basically it's the company telling users thank you for making us huge and influential and profitable. we're not going to sit on our laurels. they are rolling out all sorts of features at this development conference. back to you guys. >> scott, thank you very much. as we mentioned, a big drop for the dow jones this morning. plus, interest rate levels we

haven't seen since 1945. sue herrera joins us live from cnbc world headquarters now. good morning, sue. >> good morning, marla. it's been a very rough day on wall street so far. a lot of worries about whether or not the economy is on the brink of going into another recession. a lot of this the actually began yesterday after the federal reserve decided to make one more attempt at spurring demand in the economy. and they released a statement along with their decision to keep interest rates lower. they said there was significant downside risk to the u.s. economy which which was why they were keeping interest rates low. well, wall street didn't like the sound of that, understandably so and it ushered in selling late yesterday afternoon and that has continued today. also, europe is still a worry. their banks are having a lot of troubles as you know, the greek debt situation has not been resolved. so wall street right now, they're heading for the exits. we're down better than 400 points so far today.

>> okay, sue, cnbc world headquarters. checking the forecast now. we're going to send it over to meteorologist christina loren. much cooler day on tap. >> it is going to be significantly cooler today. it already is. especially at the coast. that's where you're going to see the biggest difference. right at the coast, we have that marine layer pushing in and as a result, you're already dropping off by about 13 degrees from this time yesterday. so it all works out like this. low pressure dropping into the bay. that's increasing that onshore flow and bringing in the cloud cover. the next couple days, high pressure finally starts to break down and move to the east, allowing for more of that marine layer to move in each day through saturday. then low pressure crosses right over us as we head through saturday night into the sunday. that's going to bring temps down into the 70s, maybe even a little rain shower activity up in the north bay. right now running much cooler in plays like novato. 13 degrees cooler from 24 hours

ago. 11 cooler in san francisco. and your temperatures are comfortable. we were in the 80s yesterday. 78 in livermore. 93 later on today. 85 in san jose and temperatures staying nice and comfortable through saturday, sunday and monday as low pressure brings in that cool marine air from the pacific. highs in the 60s at the coast and the 70s inland. so really, really dramatic changes as we head through the next few days. this is what we traditionally experience as we transition into fall, first day tomorrow. >> sounds beautiful. thank you very much. alligator skins, travel masks, human skulls? sounds like a sequel to indiana jones. but no, just a few items up for sale at one of the most electic stores in san francisco. >> bob redel takes us window shopping. >> it's about 2 feet long. >> what was probably the world's largest anaconda ever captured at the time. >> after 15 years of traveling to some of the most far away places in the world. >> nagaland. >> to collect all of this tribal art. >> going into nagaland is not

something most people can do. it's a danger zone. >> but you can because you blend in. >> robert has decided to put a final nail in the coffin. >> its a heartbreaker. >> shutting down the dreaming room, his shop in san francisco, all 2,000 pieces, some one-of-a-kind. >> actually, whoops, sorry. >> most now at half price. >> yeah, this is probably $100. >> like these 5,000-year-old bracelets from thailand. >> among the wolde over the bronze work on the entire planet. >> does it come with the wrist? >> here's the pygmy walking stick. >> and this is a bone from a walrus which is the private part of a male walrus. in the jungles of new guinea, men wear a sheath. >> what is that. >> a binding women's mask. >> how are you?

>> yes. yeah, it's right here. no, i'm looking at it. okay. that was whoopi goldberg wondering where her mask is. >> i call it the whoopi goldberg mask from cameroon, north africa. >> i think they finally celebrated when they found out sister act 3 was not coming out. >> people say did you get this on ebay. when i started there was no ebay. >> do you think ebay has hurt new that respect? >> probably to some degree because people have been selling cheap artifacts on ebay for quite some time and ruining the reputation of good stuff. you need to experience these pieces firsthand, touch, feel, smell, even the smell can tell you the age of a piece. >> that's one reason why robert has never set up a website for his store because he does want to encourage people to come inside and experience everything that he has here, but you can find him on facebook. search for the dreaming room gallery. you'll get information on this weekend's sale and the auction

that will be taking place afterwards. here in san francisco, bob redel, nbc bay area news. >> always good stuff. welcome to redel's world. the time now is 11:20. a young man convicted of bringing pipe bombs and chain saw to school is no longer in a police lockup. we'll tell you where he is now. >> a 100idhe k t ponenlasu p not allowed to go back to school

on monday. we'll tell you why just ahead. exactly how much a peninsula high school will get paid by one of its former students remains a pis industry. in march, 19-year-old alex youshock was convicted of assaulting hills dale high school in 2009. he slowed up at school armed with ten pipe bombs, a chain saw and sword. hills dale high once $136,000 for damages they suffered. attorneys failed to reach a financial settlement in san mateo superior court yesterday and have to meet against next

month. he is now in a mental hospital. >> more than 100 students on the peninsula are barred are showing up to school because they missed a deadline. about 100 students in south san francisco unified and another ten in san mateo unified while districts failed to get the whooping cough vaccine now required under state law and not allowed to go to school on monday. officials expect all of the students to receive their shot by the weekend. >>s411:2 right11 4:2ht w.no still ahead, why receive martin is telling eddie murphy to slim

down, big fellow. we'll tell you coming up. welcome back. the time now 11:26. taking a live look from san bruno. a lot of fog still hanging out around the coast. but it's that fog that's keeping you much cooler today. we continue to cool off right as we head through your weekend. temperatures about 75 degrees at north bay in san jose.

62 by the water. 85 degrees maximum heat today. we'll come in between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. still not too bad today. shaved off about 10 degrees on average from your coastal temperatures. 60 degrees at 10:00 p.m. tonight. you don't need to use the ac tonight especially by the coast. you might need to in places like livermore. >> eddie murphy all set to inject his humor into next year's academy awards as host and now steve martin, who has hosted a couple himself dishing out some hosting advice. >> valuable tips like "start slimming down now. you looked kind of paumpbly in nor bert." >> and more sage wisdom, martin says people think its a disgrace now that they have won an oscar themselves. at least they're the only two to could get away with smuggling an oscar in their pants. >> finally "have a good time while 12,000 live bloggers rip

you to shreds." that sounds terrifying. >> a lot of people have tried it. david letterman tried it. chris rock, i thought he did all right. eddie's going to kill it. >> thanks for watching. >> all day at

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